Yup. 6 weeks passed when Dr Li Wenliang was arrested after warning colleagues about a case he thought was important 17 November. By that time, all of China was infected, and they were beginning to understand the problem. (That may be why their numbers are so low now.) So by December they were planning to obtain masks, hand sanitizer, hydroxycloroquine, antibiotics, ventilators and other medical supplies. I read about a shipment of medical supplies just delivered to Australia from China in January that was abruptly hijacked back to China. They still hadn't told us, and WHO said there was no human to human transmission.